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Ja 474
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.9 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Qṭbn ʾ[wkn bn Grt ʾqwl s²ʿ]—
2 bn Ḏmr(y)[ ... ...]—
3 t kw[... ...]
4 (ḥ)[... ...]
| 1 | The restoration of the line is the one proposed by Robin 1987 c: 129, on the basis of Ja 631, l. 29. |
| 2 | Jamme's reading of the last letter of the line is uncertain between y and ṯ, but the preferred interpretation is ṯ (bn Ḏmrṯ, or bn ḏ-Mrṯ). See Robin 1987 c: 127 for the interpretation Ḏmry (name of tribe). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Roma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13048/16060 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 18.3, w. 19.5, th. 7.4 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Naʿḍ |
| Ancient site | Nʿḍ |
| Geographical area | Waʿlān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1956 a: 91-93, pl. XI/474 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120. |
| Robin 1987 c: 127 | Robin, Christian J. 1987. L'inscription Ir 40 de Bayt Ḍabʿân et la tribu Ḏmry. Appendice: Les inscriptions Gl 1192, Gl 1197 et Gr 27. Pages 113-157 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |